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KIU Together: "Let's Not Forget Who We Are," Medical Student Advises His Peers

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KIU, Western Campus – As the lockdown period continues, Jackson Kigozi, a third-year-student pursuing a Bachelor of Clinical Medicine and Community Health has discovered a new way to learn amidst his current circumstances.

By employing different learning tools, the medical student has rediscovered his routine and his process has arrived at as "close to normal," as it can be.

While currently self-isolating at his parents home in Kirokole Zone in Kawempe, Kigozi has had to use slides, internet tutorials and online videos in addition to the notes provided by the university on the e-learning platform.

“I use videos mainly because am in my surgery rotation. So they help me to grasp the various surgical procedures, as it is the same as when you are being tutored by a lecturer in the theatre,” Kigozi shared.

Kigozi shared that he uses the mid-morning hours to read since he completes his house chores at 10 A.M.
In the afternoons, he does his routine work-out by running or cycling in the neighbourhood and doing sit-ups, press-ups.

At night, he says he watches a movie and listens to preaching on radio, before going to sleep.
“Basically, my entire lockdown is filled with books, exercises and house chores. That is my daily routine,” he says.

Kigozi says the lockdown has also served as an eye-opener and taught him to value family.
“The crisis has united me with long lost friends and relatives, it is really family time now. I have also learnt to save as much as I can and not to put food to waste,” he says.

He advised his fellow students to follow the Ministry of Health guidelines and also not to take their eyes off the ball.

“Let’s not forget who we are, what we are studying to become and not to put our lives at risk by doing drugs,” Kigozi advised.